On This Day, Nov. 17, 2010…Rocker Patti Smith was awarded the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.The book ...

The music legend opens up to PEOPLE about sharing never-before-told family secrets in her highly anticipated memoir, 'Bread of Angels' ...

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

Smith and her siblings, Linda, Kimberly, and Todd, were raised by Grant Smith, the soldier pictured on the cover of her 2000 ...

What a magnificent night of live music, centered on the 1975 debut that is regularly — and rightfully — considered to be one ...

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” ...

Patti Smith's children have followed in her footsteps in one way or another, here's all you need to know about her family ...

The punk rock star has produced several books that braid thoughts on her newest endeavors with memories and photographs of ...

Patti Smith discusses the bombshell family revelation that led her to delay finishing her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels.’ ...

We often admire the outstanding works of art that famous people create, and on the wave of this admiration, we are sometimes ready to forgive them almost anything. Even being completely rude or ...